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008			170328s2017 mau b 001 0 eng c
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020			_a9780674975774 _qhardcover : alk. paper
035			_a19612033
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050	0	0	_aKF8700 _b.P674 2017
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100	1		_aPosner, Richard A., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe federal judiciary : _bstrengths and weaknesses / _cRichard A. Posner.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c2017.
300			_axv, 438 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : noting weaknesses and strengths, and proposing a new research agenda -- Some weaknesses of our legal system mistakenly denied by a critic -- Tier One of the federal judiciary : the Supreme Court -- Tier Two of the federal judiciary : the federal courts of appeals -- Tier Three of the federal judiciary : the federal district courts -- Civil litigation revisited -- Conclusion.
520			_a"No sitting federal judge has ever written so trenchant a critique of the federal judiciary as Richard A. Posner does in this, his most confrontational book. He exposes the failures of the institution designed by the founders to check congressional and presidential power and resist its abuse, and offers practical prescriptions for reform"-- _cProvided by publisher.
583			_aCataloguing: _c20260911 _kgtanuigtanui
650		0	_aCourts _zUnited States.
650		0	_aJudicial process _zUnited States.
650		0	_aJudges _zUnited States.
653			_aFederal courts
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